The Trouble with Transfers
Even with Monday’s For Better or For Worse available, it is difficult to make out exactly what was intended with Paul’s multiple transfers and what it meant when one of them was approved and the other one wasn’t. As near as I can tell, the timeline was this:
February – Paul applies for the Spruce Narrows transfer
May – Paul applies for the Toronto transfer
July – Paul drives Liz to Milborough
October – Liz visits Paul
December 7 – Paul gets a transfer approved to Spruce Narrows. Liz mentions she had been trying to call him.
January – Paul takes the Spruce Narrows transfer
The next question is: When in this timeline did the good constable start messing around with Susan Dokis?
a. Since Elizabeth did not have her job at the Glenallen School until just before September, it wouldn’t make sense for Paul to be messing around then, because he may have thought Liz might have to seek employment back in the North West
b. He looked awfully romantic with Liz in their October meeting, although the letters said that meeting was over Labour Day weekend in September.
c. The implication from Gary’s text on Monday is that Paul made the decision based on getting the transfer to Spruce Narrows.
d. Elly and John infer from Paul’s absence during the trial in November, he is not there for Liz.
e. Mike says, “Absence makes the heart go wander” September 16, but that’s Mike.
I would say Paul probably was with Chipper starting late November, when Elly and John made a comment about him.
The problem I had with April’s Real Blog version of the constable was once the transfer was announced, I assumed it had to be Toronto because, the idea it was Spruce Narrows instead is stupid. Paul would not have applied for Toronto at all, if he didn’t plan to go. And if he did apply to Toronto, he would cancel the application for Spruce Narrows. So, I played him as forgetful, on how he was forced to take the Spruce Narrows transfer which, from what I can tell about the OPP, would have been the case.
So, I retconned away my Paul posts on Toronto as him testing the waters with Liz, and tried to create a plausible reason why what Gary says on Monday would work.
February – Paul applies for the Spruce Narrows transfer
May – Paul applies for the Toronto transfer
July – Paul drives Liz to Milborough
October – Liz visits Paul
December 7 – Paul gets a transfer approved to Spruce Narrows. Liz mentions she had been trying to call him.
January – Paul takes the Spruce Narrows transfer
The next question is: When in this timeline did the good constable start messing around with Susan Dokis?
a. Since Elizabeth did not have her job at the Glenallen School until just before September, it wouldn’t make sense for Paul to be messing around then, because he may have thought Liz might have to seek employment back in the North West
b. He looked awfully romantic with Liz in their October meeting, although the letters said that meeting was over Labour Day weekend in September.
c. The implication from Gary’s text on Monday is that Paul made the decision based on getting the transfer to Spruce Narrows.
d. Elly and John infer from Paul’s absence during the trial in November, he is not there for Liz.
e. Mike says, “Absence makes the heart go wander” September 16, but that’s Mike.
I would say Paul probably was with Chipper starting late November, when Elly and John made a comment about him.
The problem I had with April’s Real Blog version of the constable was once the transfer was announced, I assumed it had to be Toronto because, the idea it was Spruce Narrows instead is stupid. Paul would not have applied for Toronto at all, if he didn’t plan to go. And if he did apply to Toronto, he would cancel the application for Spruce Narrows. So, I played him as forgetful, on how he was forced to take the Spruce Narrows transfer which, from what I can tell about the OPP, would have been the case.
So, I retconned away my Paul posts on Toronto as him testing the waters with Liz, and tried to create a plausible reason why what Gary says on Monday would work.
posted by howard at 10:32 PM
3 Comments:
Once again, we ARB-ers give more thought to continuity and consistency than the Lynnions. ;)
But if the Lynnions were consistent, there would be no need for an ARB. Their incompetence is our reason for being. Let us rejoice in their stupidity, and snark it.
Good point, Howtheduck!
Note to QNJones--punching bags are great. We have a heavy bag and gloves. :)
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